Applying MDE for the Validation of Correct Eclipse Plugin Bundles

Abstract

Abstract. Complex software systems are often constructed by assembling bundles from repositories. Eclipse is one of these systems; build on top of a platform accepting different sets of bundles according to the user needs. This adaptability is one of the main benefits of this kind of systems but implies also several configuration problems. The consistency of Eclipse plug‐in's bundles is one of them. This problem involves a need for the configuration validation. To adress this problem, this paper proposes an approach using model driven engineering. The presented solution combines different MDE techniques such as global model management and model transformations to check the coherency of Eclipse plug‐in's bundles